TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 185908 [ 2023TNSTR2056....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-08-24 16:54:21
Date made public:
Sender: ANTARES_bot
Reporting Group: ANTARES     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Patrick Aleo (UIUC) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2023qqp
Discoverer internal name: ZTF23aaslxmh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:38:57.805 (354.74085429508) DEC = +23:41:54.71 (23.698530133445)
Discovery date: 2023-08-24 09:41:31.776 (JD=2460180.9038426)


Remarks: Supernova candidate identified by the new ANTARES anomaly detection filter: LAISS_RFC_AD_filter. See locus info at: https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT2023ou1m4pkursiz

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-08-24 09:41:31.776
Flux: 20.4295 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-08-04 09:08:45
Limiting flux: 19.6486 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2023qqp